Hog plant briefly closes after trucker seen beating hogs
Operations at a John Morrell plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., were briefly stopped on Sept. 8 after a trucker was seen beating hogs. The kill line was shut down for about six hours after the early morning incident, reports the Argus Leader.
The suspension was triggered when a USDA inspector saw a truck driver beating hogs as he unloaded them from his trailer.